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ON THIS DAY IN SPORT 1952: Five-time TT world motorcycling champion Joey Dunlop was born in Ballymoney. He started racing in 1969 and won a record 26 Isle of Man TT races, the first in 1977. He was killed in a road race accident in Tallinn, Estonia, in July 2000. 1964: Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, became heavyweight champion of the world as an 8-1 underdog when he stopped defending champion Sonny Liston at Miami Beach in Florida. Ali died in 2016. 1989: Britain's Frank Bruno lost to Mike Tyson in his second attempt to win the world heavyweight title. 2007: Chelsea lifted the Carling Cup for the second time in three seasons thanks to a 2-1 victory over Arsenal. Didier Drogba scored both goals for Chelsea, but the match was marred by a stoppage-time brawl that resulted in three red cards. 2009: Premiership club Sale appointed Jason Robinson as their new head coach. 2010: Wayne Bridge made himself unavailable for selection to the England national team, stating that his … [Read more...] about On this Day, February 25 1952: Five-time TT world motorcycling champion Joey Dunlop was born in Ballymoney

ON THIS DAY IN SPORT 1917: The National Hockey League was formed in Montreal. 1922: St Albans' Billy Minter scored seven goals in an FA Cup tie against Dulwich, but ended up on the losing side as the match finished 8-7. 1986: Mike Tyson became the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion when he beat Trevor Berbick at the age of 20 years and six months. 2003: Jonny Wilkinson's extra-time drop-goal gave England a dramatic 20-17 win over Australia in the rugby union World Cup final. 2007: Steve McClaren was sacked as England manager after the team failed to qualify for Euro 2008. 2008: New Zealand won the rugby league World Cup final 34-20 against Australia in Brisbane. 2010: The Scottish Football Association drew up contingency plans to deal with a proposed strike by referees, including "sourcing match officials in other countries". The strike went ahead, with officials brought in from Israel, Malta and Luxembourg. 2011: South African Mickey Arthur was appointed as the new … [Read more...] about On this Day, November 22 2015: Rory McIlroy took victory in the DP World Tour Championship

ON THIS DAY 1863: The English Football Association formed following a meeting of 11 representatives from interested clubs at the Freemasons Tavern, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. 1997: Jacques Villeneuve was crowned Formula One world champion after Ferrari rival Michael Schumacher crashed out while attempting to take the Canadian out of the European Grand Prix at Jerez. 2004: West Brom parted company with manager Gary Megson after he confirmed he would quit at the end of the season. 2007: Juande Ramos resigned as Sevilla coach. He took over at Tottenham the following day. 2008: Tottenham announced the appointment of Harry Redknapp as manager following Ramos' dismissal. 2015: England lost the second Test against Pakistan by 178 runs in Dubai. 2017: Rangers parted company with manager Pedro Caixinha after a troubled seven-month reign. BIRTHDAYS Audley Harrison (boxing) - former professional boxer, who won Olympic gold in 2000, born 1971. Steve Howey (soccer) - former Newcastle and … [Read more...] about On this Day, October 26 1997: Jacques Villeneuve was crowned Formula One world champion

(Reuters) – Australia still have the best depth of any cricket nation, former skipper Ricky Ponting has said while backing them to turn around their poor one-day international form in time to defend their World Cup title in England and Wales next year. Five-time World Cup winners Australia were whitewashed 5-0 by hosts England in the ODI series which concluded last month, extending their poor ODI run having won only 16 of their last 18 matches. “There are 16 one-dayers to be played between now and the next World Cup,” the 43-year-old said at a Channel Seven promotional event. “I’ll guarantee you when you put the Australian group of 15 players down on a sheet of paper, that group will line up as good as any other team in the world.” Ponting, who captained Australia in their 2003 and 2007 World Cup victories, said the ODI series against England helped young players to get some games and he believes the team will keep producing great players. “One … [Read more...] about Ponting backs Australian turnaround ahead of next year’s World Cup

ON THIS DAY 1919: Jack Dempsey beat Jess Willard to become the new world heavyweight boxing champion. 1938: Helen Wills-Moody won her eighth Wimbledon title on the same day another Centre Court heroine, Suzanne Lenglen of France, died of leukaemia. She was 39 and won 15 titles between 1919 and 1925, six of them at Wimbledon. 1969: Ann Jones finally won her first Wimbledon crown after 13 previous attempts, beating Billie-Jean King 3-6 6-3 6-2. 2004: Greece won the Euro 2004 final with a surprise 1-0 victory over Portugal in Lisbon thanks to Angelos Charisteas' header. 2007: Fernando Torres completed his move from Atletico Madrid to Liverpool. 2009: American Serena Williams beat sister Venus Williams to win the Wimbledon women's singles title. 2010: Spain's Rafael Nadal won the Wimbledon men's singles title by beating Tomas Berdych. 2013: West Brom signed former France striker Nicolas Anelka on a free transfer. 2016: Mark Cavendish won stage three of the Tour de France to claim his 28th … [Read more...] about On This Day: July 3 2007: Fernando Torres completed his move from Atletico Madrid to Liverpool